Informatica Recognized For Third-Consecutive Year As Leader In Data Integration By Readers Of Intelligent Enterprise Magazine

2005 Readers’ Choice Awards name Informatica best-in-class for both enterprise data integration and metadata analysis

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., October 6, 2005—For the third year in a row, Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA) has been voted the number-one data integration vendor by the readers of Intelligent Enterprise magazine. Representing more than 80,000 subscribers, the 2005 Intelligent Enterprise Readers’ Choice Awards named Informatica the best technology vendor for both data integration and metadata analysis.

“Every year, Intelligent Enterprise polls its readers to find out which vendors are most deserving of praise in a variety of technology categories,” said David Stodder, editor in chief of Intelligent Enterprise. “This influential group of strategic IT buyers has again placed Informatica in the top spot for data integration—as well as pushing the company’s metadata-analysis solution into the top spot.  We congratulate Informatica for the significant recognition received from our readers in 2005.”

“It is an honor to be recognized by the readers of Intelligent Enterprise as the leader in data integration and metadata analysis,” said Karen Steele, vice president of corporate marketing at Informatica. “The ability to effectively manage and leverage comprehensive metadata is a core capability to successful enterprise data integration. We will continue to offer metadata analysis and reporting as critical capabilities within a single, unified data integration platform to help our customers further reduce the costs and complexities of their projects and accelerate their time-to-value.”

In February 2005, Informatica introduced PowerCenter Advanced Edition, the market’s most robust platform for enterprise data integration, expanding the definition of a data integration platform by incorporating metadata analysis and data-ready reporting, cost-effective grid computing and team-based development capabilities into a single offering. With PowerCenter Advanced Edition, companies can realize the benefits of a single platform that addresses the full data integration lifecycle—helping them drive productivity and lower IT maintenance costs, and gain a substantial cost advantage with a rapid out-of-the-box experience.

The 2005 Intelligent Enterprise Readers’ Choice Awards were published in the October issue of Intelligent Enterprise magazine. For the complete list of winners, please see http://www.intelligententerprise.com/.

Published 18 times annually by CMP Media, Intelligent Enterprise serves an exclusive audience of 80,000 business and IT professionals who plan and deploy the strategic applications their companies depend on to improve decision making, enhance business performance, and maximize the value of customer relationships.

About Informatica
Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA) is a leading provider of enterprise data integration software. Using Informatica products, companies can access, integrate, migrate and consolidate enterprise data across systems, processes and people to reduce complexity, ensure consistency and empower the business.  More than 2,250 companies worldwide rely on Informatica for their end-to-end enterprise data integration needs. For more information, call 650-385-5000 (800-970-1179 in the U.S.), or visit www.informatica.com.

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